Problem solving

Process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Problem solving" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series onCognitive psychology Perception Visual Object recognition Face recognition Pattern recognition Event perception Memory Learning Long-term Aging Emotional Language Psycholinguistics Acquisition Comprehension Thinking Cognition Concept Reasoning Decision making Problem solving Numerical cognition Number sense in animals Numerosity adaptation effect Approximate number system Parallel individuation system vte Part of a series onNeuropsychology Approaches Comparative neuropsychology Cognitive neuropsychology/Cognitive neuroscience Neuropsychoanalysis Developmental neuropsychology Topics Neural substrate and Dissociation Brain regions Functional specialization Latelarization Left-brain interpreter Neural circuits Neuroplasticity Brain mapping Models of consciousness Mental processes Arousal Attention Consciousness Decisi